A funny thing happened the other night as I was diving into the Hulu version of the Theranos scandal, The Dropout. Pondering how Amanda Seyfried mimicked Elizabeth Holmes’ voice so accurately, I began to imagine how Jennifer Lawrence would do it in Adam McKay’s upcoming film version, Bad Blood. Then I wondered if I would even feel compelled to see the movie on the heels of what is, to this viewer anyway, already a very fine telling of essentially the same story.
Bad Blood is not alone in feeling the pressure from the real-life dramas that have taken over streaming platforms. Francis and the Godfather, Barry Levinson’s film on the making of The Godfather, was sidelined by the upcoming Paramount+ limited series, The Offer. And just recently, a planned Chippendales movie starring Seth Rogen and Dev Patel was derailed by the similar Hulu limited series, Immigrant.
